Jennifer Lawrence Globes Scolding Blows Up Into PR Disaster (Video)

Jennifer Lawrence looked irritated as she scolded a reporter for using his mobile phone while asking her a question at the Golden Globes. The incident has since blown up into a PR disaster for her. (Photo: ScreenCap)

Jennifer Lawrence is suffering the first public relations disaster of her very charmed career, after mildly scolding a Golden Globes reporter for “living behind his phone” while asking her a question. Video of the seemingly minor incident has gone viral and won’t die.

The social media scorn has been so strong, other celebrities are stepping forward to defend her.

“It’s become pretty clear that the Jennifer Lawrence ‘scolding’ was taken out of context and that she was dryly joking with a journalist who was indeed using his phone to take photos of her,” she wrote on her Facebook page today (Jan. 15).

“Let’s not continue the sad but common practice of building people — especially women — up just to viciously tear them down when we perceive them to have misstepped,” she added.

Hathaway would know. She went through her own intense period of social media derision because critics thought she was “just too perfect.” She was even tagged with the nickname Anne “Hatahate.”

Her personality was so sunny critics claimed she was faking it. Coupled with a tendency to take herself very seriously, she was accused of being too “smug and self-important,” according to The Washington Post.

Forget the fact that she’s immensely talented and has won numerous awards including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the 2012 musical “Les Misérables.”

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She was also pilloried for her performance as co-host of the 2013 Oscars with James Franco. Many critics called it “the worst show ever.”

Her stellar acting has earned her an Academy Award and four nominations. She’s also won three Golden Globes. This year, she won Best Actress, comedy, for her role in “Joy.” And, she’s been nominated for a Best Actress Oscar.